Folding- hod



E. B. WALSH AND W. SCHRIERQ FOLDING HOD. APPLICATION FILED AUG-20,1919.

1,825,820. I Patnted Dec. 23,1919.

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EDWARD B. WALSH AND WILLIAM: SGI'IBIJER, 015 L052, ANGELTES, CALIFORNIA.

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1' b all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD B. WALSH andVVILLIAM Sornunu, citizens of the United States, residing at LosAngeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, haveinvented a new 'and useful Folding Hod, of which the following is aspecification.

it is one object of this: invention to provide a hod which may be foldedup readily into small compass when not in use. Another object of theinvention is to provide novel means for holding the "constituent partsof the hod together.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means forretaining a drip trough in place on the hod.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Tn the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a hodconstructed in accordance with the inven tion; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the hod; Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the hod; Fig. 4.is a bottom plan of the hod; and Fig. 5 is a perspective showing aportion of the end wall of the hod.

The hod forming the subject matter of it this application preferably ismade of metal and includes sides 1 having overlapped end flanges 2 andbottom flanges 3, the flanges 3 carrying coiiperating knuckles 1 throughwhich a pivot rod 5 passes, the rod having an enlarged head 6 at thedischarge or open end of the hod. The sides 1 are provided with marginalheads 7 in which reinforcing rods 18 are located, the reinforcing rodsprojecting beyond the beads and being fashioned into eyes S surroundingthe pivot rod 5 at the open end of the hod and serving to spaceoutwardly, the head 6 on the pivot rod, so that this head serves as abumper used when the hod is struck against an object to discharge theload in the hod. That Specification of Letters IPatent. Patrgntmfl Deg,$3, 191% Application filed. August 20, 1919.

Serial No. 318,756.

trough, therefore, is held in place on the hod, in part, by the pivotrod 5 and the nut 9. The drip trough 10 is supplied with a shoulder rest12.

The hod includes an approximately triangular end member 14 having areinforcing top flange 15 and projecting side flanges 16 coiiperatingwith the end flanges 2 of the sides 1 of the hod. Angle brackets 17 aresecured to the end member 14, and are provided with openings 18. Asecuring device 19 such as a curved bolt, passes through the openings 18of the angle brackets 17 and through the flanges 2 of the sides 1, thebolt being provided at one end with a head 20 engaging one side 1. A.nut 21 is threaded on the other end of the bolt and cooperates with theother side 1. At this point it should be observed that the extreme lowerend of the member 14: is received within the end wall 11. of the driptrough 10, the drip trough and its end wall serving to prevent the lowerend of the member 14: from swinging outwardly on the securing device 19.

@ne side 1 of the hod is supplied with a socket 22, open at its end, theother side member of the hod being provided with a V-shaped retainer 23which is open laterally. An attaching device, such as bolt 24:, carryinga nut 25, is mounted within the contour of the retainer 28 and iscarried by the corresponding side of the hod. A handle is provided, thesame including a fork 26 having an arm 27 adapted to be inserted intothe socket 22, and an arm 28 adapted to be received in the retainer 23,the bolt 24 passing through the arm 28 and the nut engaging the saidarm. The handle ineludes, further, a stafi 29 having a threaded stud 30engaged detachably with the shank of the fork 26.

When it is desired to collapse or fold up the hod, the bolt 24: isremoved from the arm 28 of the fork 26, the arm. 27 being withdrawnfrom. the socket 22.. The stafi 29 may be detached from the fork 26, ifdesired, since these parts are connected by the threaded stud on thestaff. The securing device 19 may be removed, the end member 19 may bedetached, and the sides 1 may be folded together, the drip trough beingheld loosely in place, since the end wall 11 of the drip trough ismounted on the pivot rod 5.

It is to be observed that the drip trough 10 rests in the fork 26. Thefork 26, therefore, serves to retain the drip trough in the positionshown in Fig. 1. of the drawings. Liquld exuding from the hod 1Srecelved end member 14.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A. hodcomprising sides; a drip trough receiving the lower edges of the sidesand including an end wall; an end member cooperating with the sides;securing means uniting the end member with the sides, the lowerextremity of the end member cooperating with the end wall of the troughto prevent the end member from swinging outwardly on the securing means;a pivot rod whereon the sides are mounted, the pivot rod being engagedwith the end wall of the trough; and a handle comprising a forkdetachably engaged with the sides, the trough being supported in thefork.

2. A hod comprising sides having beads; a pivot rod uniting the sidesand provided with a head; and reinforcing rods in the beads, the rodsbeing fashioned into eyes which receive the pivot rod, the eyescooperating with the head to space the head from the sides of the hod,whereby the head will serve as a bumper.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD'B. WALSH. WILLIAM SCHRIER. Witnesses: DONALD B. MARTIN,

CHARLES S. CARNEY.

